Because of the legal ramifications of a declaration of war they went to the nearly new UN for support and called the defense of Korea a Police Action. Again, all for the international politics involved. Vietnam they sort of bungled and stumbled into because of domestic politics. Should they not have gone into Korea or Vietnam?
If you are going to wait for universal support in this day and time before you defend this country you will always be just an internet Rambo. Even now, because of the leftist Democrats we can't even get a decent immigration bill passed. Do you think you could ever get them to declare war on anyone except the Republicans? They are still trying to take away the guns of responsible citizens and give illegals the right to vote. Are those the people you are waiting to declare war?
Do you mean without a declaration of war you would take no action? 9/11 you would have let stand?
As I said, there is no question in my mind that Congress would have passed a declaration of war on 9/16/01.
"There is a tide in the affairs of men which, when taken at the flood, leads on to fortune. Omitted, all the voyage of their life is bound in shallows and in miseries. On such a full sea are we now afloat. And we must take the current when it serves, or lose our ventures.”